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Towerfall is the Ouya’s best-selling game, but sales numbers paint a disappointing picture for the Android console. The game’s developer Matt Thorson told Eurogamer that the former Ouya exclusive sold approximately 7,000 copies on the machine, saying: "Being the best game on Ouya isn’t a huge deal, but it is …
Read More »Cousins leaves Scattered to become F2P consultant
Ben Cousins has left Scattered Entertainment to pursue a job as a free-to-play games consultant. The former EA Easy general manager joined the Swedish outfit in 2011 as GM. Cousins also held the role of head of European Game Studios for the developer’s owner DeNA.Scattered co-founder Senta Jakobsen will now …
Read More »Steam removes need for publishers, says DayZ creator
Valve’s Early Access store eliminates the need for a publisher, at least according to DayZ developer Dean Hall. The platform allows studios to sell unfinished games with the aim of funding their full development. Hall feels that consumers are serving the role of a publisher, paying for a title’s development …
Read More »PC games revenue overtakes consoles – report
The PC games market has now surpassed the console gaming sector in terms of revenues, an analyst has claimed. DFC Intelligence owner David Cole told PCR: "On a global basis PC games have surpassed console games but the new console systems means consoles should show an increase. "The MOBA games …
Read More »Famed Dark Souls modder launches Dark Souls II graphics tool
The man who famously ‘fixed’ the troubled PC version of Dark Souls surprised the gaming world last night by debuting a new program alongside Dark Souls II. Durante last night launched GeDoSaTo (Generic Downsampling Tool), a tool designed to facilitate, amongst other things, downsampling – that’s the process of rendering …
Read More »Minecraft Realms launches in North America
Mojang’s private-server service Minecraft Realms is now available in North America, the studio announced earlier today. The Minecraft service offers players the option to buy a premium subscription for Mojang to host a private server for friends, families, and other small groups. Subscriptions cost $13 per month, and provide 24/7 …
Read More »Bandai Namco announces free-to-play fighter Rise of Incarnates
The people behind Tekken and Soul Calibur are working on a new F2P fighter called Rise of Incarnates. It’s due out on PC via Steam later this year, CVG reports, and takes inspiration from the Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme series. It will launch with four characters with more to be …
Read More »Team17 to publish Italic Pig’s Lost Quark on Steam
New title from the makers of Hector: Badge of Carnage is third title in line to be published on Steam via Team17
Read More »Minecraft: PlayStation Edition hitting Blu-ray next month
A disc version of indie smash-hit Minecraft will arrive on PS3 next month. That’s according to a marketing email sent out to PSN members, as posted on NeoGAF, which dates it for May 14th. Although that’s a Wednesday, so perhaps expect a May 16th arrival in the UK. The game …
Read More »King: All games companies must transition to free-to-play
Call of Duty. New Super Mario Bros. Dark Souls. Halo. Uncharted. ALL games must become free-to-play, according to Candy Crush maker King. The micro-transaction is so strong and it’s definitely a much better model,” King games guru Tommy Palm told IGN. I think all companies have to transition over to …
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